{"id":9518,"date":"2017-04-05T14:40:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphicmama.com\/blog\/?p=9518"},"modified":"2022-05-03T07:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T07:27:13","slug":"google-doodle-illustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphicmama.com\/blog\/google-doodle-illustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 15 Most Artistic Google Doodle Illustrations We’ve Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google doodle illustrations<\/a> are something that we are now used to. But did you know\u00a0that this tradition had a 20-year anniversary in 2018<\/strong>? That’s right!<\/p>\n

Here is the first Google doodle ever. Published back in 1998, this doodle celebrated the Burning Man Festival and put the beginning of\u00a0a new era in Google’s homepage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Throughout the years\u00a0Google doodle illustrations have become a lot more artistic.<\/strong> Some of them truly deserve to be called masterpieces! Today’s post is all about incredible Google\u00a0doodle illustrations which by praising someone else have become worthy\u00a0to be praised themselves.<\/strong> Here comes our chart of top 15 most artistic Google doodle illustrations we’ve seen. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Google Doodle #15:
\nAleko Konstantinov’s 150th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Created\u00a0in honor of the Bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov this Google doodle praises\u00a0one of his most famous works<\/strong>: comic feuilletons presenting a fictional literature character\u00a0for whom the author is best known – Bay Ganyo. The illustration depicts the beginning of the feuilleton series “Bay Ganyo travels”<\/strong> presenting two characters in a train, the narrator on the left and Bay Ganyo on the right. Illustrated in great outline and pastel styles, Google’s logo in this doodle is visible outside the window.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #14:
\nChildren’s Day 2017 (Thailand)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the most creative Google doodle illustrations presented in a beautiful pastel style and bright colors. Inspired by Children’s day in Thailand, this composition depicts\u00a0kids lying on the ground and drawing with colorful chalks<\/strong>. The artistic doodle also shows how to use negative space cleverly<\/strong>: Google’s logo and the kids’ clothes are all white, not only shaped by negative space but also conveying\u00a0purity and innocence – the meaning of this holiday<\/strong>.\"Top<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Doodle #13:
\nGustave Flaubert’s 190th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Inspired by “Madame Bovary”<\/strong>, the debut and most famous work of the French novelist Gustave Flaubert, this artistic Google doodle is painted in watercolor style with outline illustrations<\/strong>. The doodle presents the protagonist of the novel, Emma Bovary, illustrated by the window and\u00a0representing the second “g” in Google’s logotype.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #12:
\nLouisa May Alcott\u2019s 184th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Google doodle masterpiece created by Sophie Diao praising the writer Louisa May Alcott’s work. The artistic Google doodle we’ve put on 12th place portrays a scene of her famous novel Little Women.<\/strong>\u00a0The scene itself depicts Beth, Jo, Amy, and Meg March, as well as their neighbor Laurie,\u00a0Jo’s best friend, during Christmas time. Google’s logo is\u00a0cleverly incorporated into the pictures hanging on the walls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #11:
\n25th Anniversary of Ujung Kulon Park<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A\u00a0recent Google doodle devoted to Ujung Kulon Park, a home of the 50 Javan rhinos left in the world<\/strong>. The illustration presented in flat style with subtle gradients and watercolor elements<\/strong>\u00a0depicts a mother rhino and a baby rhino enjoying a bath in their natural environment. The Google’s logo is cleverly depicted as water dripping down the mother rhino’s body.<\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #10:
\nLeo Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Created by Roman Muradov, this artistic Google doodle was made in honor of the famous Russian novelist<\/strong> Leo Tolstoy. Portraying two key scenes of three major works of\u00a0his career, this doodle has quite a story told by the artist himself on the official doodle page<\/a>, enriched with a lot of initial ink drawings and making-of materials.\u00a0Presented as a mixture of various textures and a limited color palette<\/strong>, the final illustration is indeed stunning!<\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #9:
\nOtto von Guericke’s 410th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A creative Google doodle illustrated in pencil style<\/strong> devoted to the world-wide famous physician\u00a0Otto von Guericke, known for the invention of the first vacuum pump,\u00a0depicting one of his most important revelations: the existence of vacuum.<\/strong> The doodle presents Guericke’s famous Magdeburg hemisphere experiment proving the strength of atmospheric pressure: two copper hemispheres with matching rims and air pumped out\u00a0from the inside creating a vacuum could not be separated by teams of horses pulling in opposite directions. The hemisphere pairs were cleverly incorporated as the “O”s in\u00a0Google’s logotype.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #8:
\nMaria Callas’ 90th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A doodle praising Maria Callas, a famous Greek-American opera singer.<\/strong> The artistic Google doodle portrays the soprano while\u00a0singing in an opera house. The illustration is presented as a hand-painted watercolor picture with textures. The interior design of balconies and arches have cleverly “hidden” the word Google. <\/strong>Wow!<\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #7:
\n112th Birthday of Jorge Luis Borges<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This Google doodle was created in honor of\u00a0the fantastical Argentine short-story writer\u00a0Jorge Luis Borges. The illustrator of this doodle Sophia Foster-Dimino, being a huge fan as she claims herself, has absolutely captured the complexity of the surrounding\u00a0information<\/strong> which the writer conveys through his work. Just like his protagonists,\u00a0always exploring labyrinths and temples, Borges was portrayed staring at a “vast and circuitous theoretical library”\u00a0–\u00a0the exact description Dimino\u00a0uses for\u00a0her own doodle. The illustration consists of eye-pleasing outline elements and a diversity of textures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #6:
\nCelebrating Edmonia Lewis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An artistic Google doodle\u00a0commemorating the first world-wine known female sculptor<\/strong> of African American and Native American heritage –\u00a0Edmonia Lewis. The illustrator of this art doodle Sophie Diao\u00a0has portrayed Lewis working on one of her most famous sculptures, The Death of Cleopatra<\/strong>, representing\u00a0the second “g” in Google’s name. Presented in a pretty watercolor style with textures<\/strong>, this Google doodle is a real piece of art which we can only admire.<\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #5:
\n500th Anniversary of the Piri Reis Map<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A doodle devoted to the creation of Piri Reis Map in honor of its 500th anniversary. The\u00a0oldest surviving map<\/strong> that contains the\u00a0continents of North America and South America was ingeniously recreated into a Google doodle “hiding” the giant’s letting in its composition<\/strong>.\u00a0Being made by using\u00a0watercolor background, pastel illustrations, calligraphy and more art techniques this doodle turned out to be truly artistic and clever.<\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #4:
\nJames Welch’s 76th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A\u00a0pretty creative Google doodle having gathered several artistic styles to produce a truly impressive result.<\/strong> Devoted to the award-winning writer James Welch whose work is most known for emphasizing the humanity of native Americans, this doodle contains plenty of elements related to Indian lifestyle and culture.<\/strong> Watercolors, geometric shapes, gradients, textures… a real feast of artistic styles!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Doodle #3:
\nAnna Ancher’s 155th Birthday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Inspired by the original painting “Harvesters” drawn\u00a0by\u00a0Anna Ancher back in 1905<\/strong> (on the left), this remake of the famous painting is\u00a0one of the most artistic Google doodle illustrations we’ve seen (on the right). Instead of holding rakes and scythes, the harvesters are holding letters of the Google logo, painted in their signature colors. Brilliant!\t\t

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Google Doodle #2:
\nMartin Luther King Jr. Day 2017<\/h2>\n

One of the most artistic Google doodle illustrations, commemorating the work of the American activist\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr., is a doodle created by the\u00a0artist Keith Mallett. King is widely known for promoting civil rights\u00a0and having won a Nobel Prize for fighting racial inequality. Being illustrated in this spirit, the doodle conveys a message of races unity<\/strong> by illustrating people of different\u00a0nations\u00a0holding hands. The number of the people matches the exact number of letters in “Google”<\/strong>\u00a0but still, the composition is left open to convey the feeling of continuity. Another interesting fact is the\u00a0differently colored backgrounds represent the authentic colors of Google logotype.<\/strong> We absolutely love it!\"Top<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Doodle #1:
\nAustralia National Day 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The winner in our chart is this incredibly artistic Google doodle painted by the school-aged artist Ineka Voigt<\/strong>. This emotion-provoking masterpiece was beautifully named by the artist herself “Stolen Dreamtime”. The story behind it is truly touching. As the young artist explains, she portrayed a weeping mother sitting in the desert, dreaming of a life\u00a0with her children that she never got to live. The Google’s lettering was\u00a0ingeniously incorporated into the picture<\/strong> without disrupting its powerful message. Even more, the last two letters were replaced by elements of the picture itself. The running girl represents the “l” and the\u00a0crying eye depicts the “e” in the end<\/strong>.\u00a0We absolutely fell in love with this art!<\/p>\n

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\"Top<\/a>Ineka actually won a first-place prize for her masterpiece<\/strong> entry in\u00a0Doodle 4 Google competition in 2015. The student from Canberra High School in ACT became a national winner in Australia<\/strong>, after competing with more than 26000 other entries. Wow! On the right, you can see the artist Ineka Voigt posing next to her doodle on a canvas.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s it! We are sure there is a sea of more artistic Google doodle illustrations which we haven’t run into yet, and even more that are about to be created.<\/p>\n

Feel free to share with us your favorite Google doodle illustrations<\/strong> in the Comments’ section below. See ya!<\/p>\n

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